Polyglot Dictionary

machacar

/matʃaˈkaɾ/

verb B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
machaco
preterite (yo)
machaqué
past participle
machacado

Meaning

  1. to crush

    • Machacó el ajo.

      He crushed the garlic.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

aplastar

aplastar means to crush or squash something flat; machacar means to crush or pound repeatedly, like crushing garlic, or figuratively hammering a point.

Similar in other languages

German

erdrücken

erdrücken is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to crush."

Portuguese

esmagar

esmagar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to crush."

Practice

1 What does machacar mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches machacar?

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